RE: Lets Talk about Overlays -- MIDRANGE-L

Alan,

You need to produce the overlay in landscape then rotate it back to
portrait before you save it to the i.

Your print file specs below will invoke COPRR (computer output print
reduction rotation). The i print drivers rotate the printed image and
THEN apply the overlay. So your overlay needs to be in portrait with the
text running up and down the length of the page sideways on 8.5 x 11 (or
A2) paper. If you find the job log for the print job, I think you'll
find that the overlay doesn't match the page dimensions.

Dan

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:20 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Lets Talk about Overlays

Hi James
here is my CL
PGM PARM(&PBNUMX)
DCL VAR(&PBNUMX) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7)
DCL VAR(&PBNUM) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(7 0)
CHGVAR VAR(&PBNUM) VALUE(&PBNUMX)
OVRPRTF FILE(PCKLIST) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(60 +
132) LPI(8) CPI(15) PAGRTT(90) +
OUTQ(WPVLSR1) COPIES(1) SAVE(*YES) +
OVRSCOPE(*JOB) +
FRONTOVL(AXSLIB/OVERLAY3)
CALL PGM(ORD220EE) PARM(&PBNUM)
ENDPGM

The report from the above CL prints as the FRONTOVL overlay is portrait

Here is the CL that doesnt print
PGM PARM(&PBNUMX)
DCL VAR(&PBNUMX) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7)
DCL VAR(&PBNUM) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(7 0)
CHGVAR VAR(&PBNUM) VALUE(&PBNUMX)
OVRPRTF FILE(PCKLIST) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(60 +
132) LPI(8) CPI(15) PAGRTT(90) +
OUTQ(WPVLSR1) COPIES(1) SAVE(*YES) +
OVRSCOPE(*JOB) +
FRONTOVL(AXSLIB/OVERLAY4)
CALL PGM(ORD220EE) PARM(&PBNUM)
ENDPGM

The OVERLAY4 is the same as OVERLAY3 except 4 is in landscape format and
3 is in portrait format

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Distribution
E:AShore@xxxxxxxxxxx
P:(631) 200-5019
C:(631) 880-8640
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 12/04/2008 10:06:37 AM:

Please include the OVRPRTF command as well as the device description
that you are printing to, this will help in figuring this out.

Also include the "regular" atrributes of the printfile like the length

& width, CPI & LPI if they aren't specified in the OVRPRTF.

Thanks.
James Salter
Systems Programmer
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
phone (205) 325-3033
fax (205) 307-3833

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message: 7
date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:48:12 -0500
from: Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Lets Talk about Overlays

Hi James
thanks for your reply
It looks like I didn't explain my predicament clearly My program
produces a report in landscape format, which I can print.
I have created an overlay (via Microsoft Excel 2002), unfortunately in

portrait format.
This was uploaded to the AS/400 via a certain procedure.
The same program was run with the same data, this time applying my
overlay in the OVRPRTF command This report was then printed to the
same printer.
This is where I realized the mistake I made where the overlay was in
the wrong format.
I recreated the overlay (again using Microsoft 2002) this time in
landscape format.
I uploaded the new version (as a different name) to the AS/400, re-ran

the same program with the same data applying the new overlay in the
OVRPRTF.
I cannot get the new spool file to print to the same printer, no
matter what I try. The status goes to PND.
If anyone can point out what I am doing wrong, it would be much
appreciated

Thanks in advance

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Distribution
E:AShore@xxxxxxxxxxx
P:(631) 200-5019
C:(631) 880-8640
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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